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Anesthesia Machine..Part3..The Pressures


    The machine components can also be logically conceptualized by the amount of pneumatic pressure they are exposed to:
  1. The High-pressure circuit consists of those parts which receive gas at cylinder pressure
    • hanger yoke (including filter and unidirectional valve)
    • yoke block
    • cylinder pressure gauge
    • cylinder pressure regulators
  2. The Intermediate pressure circuit receives gases at low, relatively constant pressures (37-55 psi, which is pipeline pressure, or the pressure downstream of a cylinder regulator)
    • pipeline inlets and pressure gauges
    • ventilator power inlet
    • Oxygen pressure-failure device (fail-safe) and alarm
    • flowmeter valves
    • oxygen and nitrous oxide second-stage regulators
    • oxygen flush valve
  3. The Low-pressure circuit includes components distal to the flowmeter needle
    • valves
    • flowmeter tubes
    • vaporizers
    • check valves (if present)
    • common gas outlet
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  3. SKFebruary 5, 2013 at 1:00 PM

    A standard question is: What is the pressure in the low pressure circuit?
    What's your take on this ?
    SK

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